Internet privacy is something I think we take for granted.
For the most part, much of the web is free, especially Google and Facebook services. If we take a moment and think about, though, why would Google and Facebook spend all that money to serve millions for a few sidebar ads?
They want your data.
Here’s a closer look at just how unprivate the Internet really is:
Video games and video game culture has come a long way since Super Mario Bros.
Did you know that:
“A nationally representative study found that the average American 8-to-18 years old play video games for 13.2 hours per week.”
And video games aren’t “just for kids,” anymore, as plenty of adults are in on the action. So how can the Church tap into this gaming culture?
Gamechurch.
These guys are bridging the gap between the Gospel and the gamer, a culture that has hardly been untouched by the Church–until now.
Our college-focused church always does Spring Break mission trips, and this year we worked with the amazing Service Over Self to repair roofs in impoverished neighborhoods of Memphis, TN. We’re a Twitter friendly crowd, and so we had a hashtag already set for the trip (#ilifememphis). But the way we really started capturing the experience for ourselves and donors alike was Vine!
Eric Dye already reviewed the new Vine video app on ChurchMag which only allows 6-second videos in a clever Instagram-like app that hit #1 in the Apple App Store this past April!
It took us a while to get the hang of it but soon each work team had people dropping things on Vine to tell the story.
Check it out:
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Opened in 2011, the Table Project is revolutionary as it seeks to be a Church group interaction platform, not a self-expression engine like Facebook and most other forms of social media.
With thousands of churches using the Table Project as “a custom social platform that aims to encourage community in your local church, empower leaders and move people beyond the pews and into authentic, life changing relationships,” this acquisition may come as a surprise.
I decided that one of the things I needed to work on doing better this year, is saying “No.”
So far, I’ve had overall improvement in this area, but I still need help!
When I saw this list by Claire Diaz-Ortizof of 50 ways to say it, I had to share it with all of you who may be struggling with the same thing. I mean, seriously, just saying no is really hard, right?
Right?
Starbucks is one of the primary fuels used for energizing Church tech, so it seemed more than appropriate to cover some basic bits of trivia about Starbucks coffee.
Here are eight things you probably didn’t know about Starbucks, so you can amaze your friends with your pro knowledge about technology and Starbucks.
Yahoo! has acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
I didn’t even knew Yahoo! had that much laying around, did you?
Apparently they do, as they try to buy their way into social media in an attempt to correct the course of this seemingly shipwrecked former Internet giant.
Now what?
I’ve had two Google Adsense ads on my blog Youth Leaders Academy for ages. They don’t bring in a lot of money, but they do contribute to covering the costs of my blog. I’d been thinking about getting rid of them and choosing some more ‘desirable’ ads myself, when suddenly I got a notice via email.
My account was being blocked by Google Adsense.
It was a short, standard email that didn’t give any reason why I was blocked, except for this generic ‘invalid activity’. So I searched online (yes, using Google – the irony!) and discovered that I wasn’t the only one who was blocked by far. It seems Google Adsense blocks sites on a regular basis and never, ever explains why.
If you like clean lines and minimal design, you’ll like these three minimal web UI element kits.
These kinds of resources can save time and even provide some inspiration for your next web design project.
Check these out:
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